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Shrink Rap
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2y ago
 Just visiting..... ----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. Email us at mythreeshrinks at gmail dot com Our book is out now ..read more
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Goodbye, Shrink Rap
Shrink Rap
by Unknown
2y ago
When Clinkshrink, Roy, and I started Shrink Rap in April of 2006, I had no idea of the places that blogging would lead me.  We started blogging, and I became a tad obsessed.  We all loved the blog, the people we met, and the stimulating discussions and interactions we had with people from all over the world about mental health issues.  My thoughts were constantly bombarded with "I have to write a blog post about that!" And write, I did. ClinkShrink was a little more hesitant.  "You're going to get me fired!"she insisted.  Roy worried, too, and in fact, he called h ..read more
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Anderson Cooper; CNN's special on Finding Hope
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2y ago
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/06/24/finding-hope-suicide-special-report-full-show.cnn If you are someone with suicidal impulses, please do watch Finding Hope, it was an excellent show.  The host, Anderson Cooper, as well as many of the guests, have lost a family member to suicide.  ----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. Email us at mythreeshrinks at gmail dot com Our book is out now ..read more
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Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Risk/ The New MD Edge Podcast
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2y ago
    Today seems like a good day to talk about assessing suicide risk. As psychiatrists, we see many people who think about suicide -- suicidal ideation is a common symptom of clinical depression.  In fact, it's very difficult to get a depressed patient into the hospital if they are not thinking about suicidal. Insurers are generally only willing to pay for inpatient care for people with life-threatening psychiatric illnesses; it's a standard no other medical specialty is held to.  Even when someone is dangerous, and when their insurance is willing to authorize an admissio ..read more
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Recap of the APA's Annual Meeting in New York City
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2y ago
Heidi Bunes, ClinkShrink, Dr. Joanna Brandt, Dinah This year's annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 5th-9th at the Javits Center in New York City.  Let me tell you about it! First of all, we were so excited that our book, Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care was awarded this year's Carol Davis Ethics Award for outstanding contribution to the literature in the ethics of psychiatry.  We are pictured here with Heidi Bunes, the Executive Director of the Maryland Psychiatric Society, and with Dr. Joanna Brandt, the Chair of ..read more
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That Way Madness Lies
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by Unknown
2y ago
I thought this would be of interest to our readers! “THAT WAY MADNESS LIES…”  To be screened at the Richmond International Film and Music Festival  BowTie Criterion 1331 N Boulevard Richmond, VA 23230 Saturday, April 28. 2018 at 11:45 am Tickets available at: https://riff.eventive.org/schedule/5a9b7075bc24000014eeecc2 Q&A with filmmaker Sandra Luckow  New York, New York April 15, 2018 – THAT WAY MADNESS LIES…, an award-winning feature length documentary (Best Feature Documentary at the Hot Springs International Women’s Film Festival)  about severe mental ill ..read more
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Antidepressant "Withdrawal": Why Aren't Psychiatrists Seeing this "Common" Problem?
Shrink Rap
by Unknown
2y ago
Over on The New York Times website, there is an article titled, "Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit. "  Benedict Carey and Robert Gebeloff write about how long-term use of antidepressants is increasing, and some people have difficulties coming off the medications with symptoms that constitute a discontinuation syndrome.  I'll let you read the article rather than quote it, because there was a lot wrong with the piece.   It doesn't feel like a new idea that there are people who have protracted and miserable discontinuation syndromes--distinct from a recu ..read more
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Stop Stigmatizing Psychiatric Treatment!
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by Unknown
2y ago
Stigma is a sticky, two-sided issue, one that we talk about often in our field of psychiatry.  Many things are stigmatized. While mental illness is an obvious one --and I'll come back to this-- many other things are stigmatized as well.  To name just a few: drug use, smoking, being a criminal, going to jail, behaving in a disruptive way, smelling badly and being physically unkempt in certain settings, begging for money in public, being on public assistance (in certain circles), beating your children (again, in certain circles), incest (in all cultures), being morbidly obese (especi ..read more
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A Plea For Smart Guns, The #MarchForOurLives Rally, and Talking with Dr. Weinstein About his Experiences With Involuntary Care
Shrink Rap
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2y ago
Yesterday, I was reading an article on how people make assumptions about animal motivation.  It is called  "Is This Dog Happy," and it reminded me of a post I wrote on Shrink Rap years ago called "What Max Wants," about the desires of our beloved late pet, Max.   I showed my daughter the old post from 2006, and as I was surfing around those early days of Shrink Rap, I remembered that I used to blog here a lot more.  In  2007, when all three of us were actively blogging, we had over 300 post.  Also, I realized  I used to be a lot more FUN.  Or at l ..read more
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On Forcing Street People to Get Psychiatric Treatment
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2y ago
In the New York Times, Benjamin Weiser has a beautiful and moving story about Nakesha Williams, a lovely and vibrant woman who graduated from Williams College and then became ill with a psychotic disorder. She lived for years on the street in New York City.  Please do surf over to Mr. Weiser's story, "A 'Bright Light' Dimmed in the Shadows of Homelessness."  The story is a tragic one about a promising woman whose future, and ultimately her life, are lost to mental illness.  Despite so many people who loved and cared about her, and so many who tried to get her help, Ms. Willia ..read more
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